[Python-Dev] 3.2.1 encoding surprise (original) (raw)

Paul Moore p.f.moore at gmail.com
Thu Jul 21 16:43:04 CEST 2011

On 21 July 2011 09:13, Glenn Linderman <v+python at g.nevcal.com> wrote:

Certainly when the launcher is invoked via an association, this would be the case.  However, when the launcher is invoked via the command line, then the unqualified name is passed through.  To be useful from the command line, the launcher should walk the PATH to find the .py file.

It's equally as arguable (and would match my expectations much more closely) that "py a_file.py" should do whatever "python a_file.py" would do. So path search in that context would only be reasonable if it were a Python feature rather than a feature of the launcher.

This is what the launcher currently does (so I guess it's not surprising that I'm happy with the current behaviour).

I can see the benefits of path search, but I'd want it to be a Python feature (and hence inherited "for free" by the launcher) and not a launcher-only one.

Paul.

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